The Savoy Opera and The Savoyards

First edition. 249pp, 32pp publisher's ads; fold out plate, numerous in-text illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards, colour illustration on front, black titles on front, gilt titles on spine. Fore edge untrimmed; illustrated endpapers. 12mo. Sun-faded spine; rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth worn through in places. Text block edges tanned. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; lender's stamps, security device and markings on front free endpaper and verso of title page, frontispiece loosely laid-in. Gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose. A comprehensive guide to the Savoy Opera, a genre of comic opera that was popular in the late 19th century. The Savoy Opera was created by the partnership of composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W. S. Gilbert, and the book explores their collaboration and the success of their productions.